2006 Code of Virginia § 19.2-215.4 - Number and qualifications of jurors; grand jury list; when convened; compensation of juror...

19.2-215.4. Number and qualifications of jurors; grand jury list; whenconvened; compensation of jurors.

A. A multi-jurisdiction grand jury shall consist of not less than seven normore than eleven members. Each member of a multi-jurisdiction grand juryshall be a citizen of this Commonwealth, eighteen years of age or older, anda resident of this Commonwealth for one year and of one of the jurisdictionsnamed in the application for six months.

B. The presiding judge shall determine the number of grand jurors to be drawnand shall draw them so that, to the extent practicable, each of thejurisdictions named in the application is represented by at least one jurorresiding in that jurisdiction, but in no event shall said panel have morethan eleven members. The grand jurors shall be summoned from a list preparedby the presiding judge. In the preparation of this list, the presiding judgeshall select only persons who have been selected as regular grand jurorspursuant to the provisions of 19.2-194 in the jurisdiction named in theapplication.

C. The provisions of 19.2-192 dealing with secrecy in grand juryproceedings are incorporated herein by reference.

D. The presiding judge shall determine the time, date and place within thedesignated jurisdiction where the multi-jurisdiction grand jury is to beconvened. The presiding judge shall also appoint one of the grand jurors toserve as foreman. Members of the multi-jurisdiction grand jury shall becompensated according to the provisions of 19.2-205. The expense of amulti-jurisdiction grand jury shall be borne by the Commonwealth.

(1983, c. 543.)